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Materials Science in Ancient Rome [PDF]
, 2011 Two books, the "De Architectura" by Vitruvius and the "Naturalis Historia" by Pliny the Elder, give us a portrait of the Materials Science, that is, the knowledge of materials, in Rome at the beginning of the Empire.
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Methods for rationalization of the design of residential buildings in classical antiquity [PDF]
, 2013 The description of residential buildings in the past is made possible by studying the physical structure of the preserved architectural and movable archaeological finds, and also by the analysis of the written (epigraphic and numismatic ...
Jovanović Goran, Mirić Aleksandra
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Commenting on music in Juvenal's sixth satire
Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 541-562, September 2024.Abstract The satires of Juvenal were immensely popular in Renaissance Italy, printed in various forms over 70 times in the period 1469‐1520, and five times in 1501 alone. The satires contain a wealth of references to instruments, instrumentalists, and playing practices that are frequently used in double entendres connoting lewd acts and infidelity ...
Ciara O'Flaherty, Tim Shephard
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Marine concrete technology in Vitruvius’s De Architectura Libri Decem [PDF]
Urbanism. Arhitectura. ConstructiiVitruvius’s De Architectura Libri Decem is a treatise on architecture dating to the onset of the Pax Romana. It covers the design and practice to erect private and public buildings including marine structures.
Lino Bianco
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A short historical overview on the use of lead [PDF]
, 2018 This historical introduction to the use of lead in art and technology was originally written to give context to lead conservation studies by the authors.
Adriaens, Mieke +2 more
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Macroscale multimodal imaging reveals ancient painting production technology and the vogue in Greco-Roman Egypt. [PDF]
, 2017 Macroscale multimodal chemical imaging combining hyperspectral diffuse reflectance (400-2500 nm), luminescence (400-1000 nm), and X-ray fluorescence (XRF, 2 to 25 keV) data, is uniquely equipped for noninvasive characterization of heterogeneous complex ...
Delaney, John K +3 more
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Perceptual axioms are irreconcilable with Euclidean geometry
European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 4217-4223, August 2024.We demonstrate in this work a fundamental distinction between the logic of the visual perceptual system and the cognitive (mathematical) one. We provide evidence that perceptual axioms, though known to be true perceptually, cannot be mathematically described or reconciled with Euclidean geometry. These findings challenge previous assumptions that these
Semir Zeki +3 more
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 375-395, July/August 2024.Abstract A spring tunnel is an ancient water installation used to artificially increase the water yield of a spring through a subterranean tunnel. We have developed a database of 216 spring tunnels documented in the central region of the Southern Levant (present‐day Israel), constructed between Iron Age II and the modern era.
Azriel Yechezkel +4 more
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, 2015 Mannerist architects in the Cinquecento created what can be called “tropic architecture.” They set out to break the rules of classical architecture, but the rule-breaking was done systematically, by applying rhetorical tropes, or figures of speech, to ...
Hendrix, John S
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Why do architectural schools bother to teach theory? [PDF]
, 2014 Ponencia presentada a Session 1: Educación y arquitectura: fundamentos teóricos / Education and architecture: theoretical ...
Komac, Urša
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